The Man Who Planted Trees - Jean Giono Kim Liebrand Murakami tells the true story

Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disaster

De oorlog in Oekraïne en het steeds verder naar een totalitaire staat afglijdende Rusland zou hij met pijn in het hart hebben aanschouwd

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The Man Who Planted Trees - Jean Giono Kim Liebrand Murakami tells the true storyWhile hiking through the wild lavender in a wind swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a solitary shepherd called Elzard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness. Ten years later, after surviving the First World War, he visits the shepherd again. A young forest is slowly spreading over the valley Elzard has continued his work. Year after year the